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Union Backs Mayor’s Call for $2 Billion Infusion of New Funds for the City’s Public Hospitals

April 26, 2016 // 0 Comments

By DIANE S. WILLIAMS In a show of commitment to NYC Health + Hospitals, Mayor Bill de Blasio proposed a $2 billion infusion of aid to stop a financial hemorrhage that for [...]

DC 37 Activists Help Clinton Win New York’s Democratic Presidential Primary

April 20, 2016 // 0 Comments

By ALFREDO ALVARADO Democratic Party presidential challenger Bernie Saunders filled Washington Square Park and Brooklyn’s Prospect Park with thousands of his supporters who [...]

Health Advocates Demand More State and Federal Funding for Public Hospitals

April 18, 2016 // 0 Comments

By ALFREDO ALVARADO DC 37 leaders joined health care activists and Public Advocate Letitia James, City Council member Vanessa Gibson and Manhattan Borough President Gale [...]

Bill Clarke Always Delivers

April 17, 2016 // 0 Comments

By ALFREDO ALVARADO City workers are familiar with employees who anxiously wait for that special date when they’ll retire. They count the days left and announce it [...]

New York City’s Retirement System Pulls Out of Hedge Funds

April 14, 2016 // 0 Comments

After months of urging by District Council 37 and others, the New York City Employees’ Retirement System (NYCERS) voted today to pull its hedge fund investments, now [...]

A Call to Close the Gender Wage Gap

April 13, 2016 // 0 Comments

By DIANE S. WILLIAMS DC 37 joined Public Advocate Leticia James, City Comptroller Scott Stringer and the advocacy group PowHer New York at the 10th annual Equal Pay Day rally [...]

Hillary Clinton for President

April 13, 2016 // 1 Comment

We urge our members and retirees to cast their vote for Hillary Clinton in the April 19 Democratic primary in New York. Clinton is arguably the most qualified candidate for [...]

Two Parks Workers Save a Woman Assaulted by her Knife-wielding Boyfriend

April 9, 2016 // 0 Comments

BY DIANE S. WILLIAMS On an otherwise quiet afternoon, two City Parks Workers protected a desperate and bloodied woman fleeing with her young children from a knife-wielding [...]

Labor and Faith Outreach Steps Up Spring Efforts

April 8, 2016 // 0 Comments

By ALFREDO ALVARADO The New York AFSCME Labor and Faith Community Outreach program will be stepping up its outdoor organizing efforts this spring, delivering books to [...]

Mayor’s Plan Offers More Affordable Housing in East New York

April 7, 2016 // 0 Comments

By GREGORY N. HEIRES and MIKE LEE DC 37 released an analysis of the Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan for East New York’s housing showing that proposed rent levels for [...]